Need a Speaker?

Ashley Clark speaking at Data Day

UNC Charlotte Urban Institute staff are experienced speakers and presenters on a variety of topics. If you’d like a speaker for your event, please feel free to contact the speakers listed, or contact the institute’s main offices at 704-687-1210 or urbaninstitute@charlotte.edu.

Speakers

Sydney Idzikowski
Associate Director, Charlotte Regional Data Trust
Charlotte Regional Data Trust

Expertise: Housing instability, racial wealth gap, integrated data systems, education and health.

Lori Thomas, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Charlotte Urban Institute & Regional Data Trust

Expertise: Housing instability, chronic homelessness, mixed methods research, evaluation and participatory research models.

Katie Zager
Research Associate

Expertise: Quality of Life Explorer, GIS coding/mapping and public health.